California Brown Pelican taken with a Canon 7D, 70-200 2.8 IS II, 580 EX II flash and a Better Beamer flash extender, 1/1600th at 2.8 with flash on high speed sync.

Sadly, my whole bag of gear was stolen shortly after this with almost $18,000 lost and no insurance. I had sold everything to buy a sailboat and do an adventure travel show from LA to Australia over 6 months and shoot a ton of still as well. The theft kind of killed my budget and after a few more setbacks, I had to bail on the trip. Anyone want to buy a boat?

Still don't have another camera and almost throw up when I think of my gear, see shots I want to take or people with their cameras. So pretty much constantly. Protect your gear and make sure you have proper insurance when traveling.

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EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 2x III Extender. The gauzy look comes from shooting through a bush right in front of the lens, the combo is quite sharp, and delivers beautiful (or rather ugly, in the case below ) images.